This is the most comprehensive article on the Scarborough Pirates Rugby League team from 1991/92 that you will find. It includes a brief history, every result, points scorer and detail of every team that played in all the games. There are also some photographs however it is very difficult to find many

In December 1990, Scarborough announced an intention to apply for membership of the RFL. Scarborough Pirates RLFC were admitted as a member club in January 1991; getting exactly the minimum number of votes required. The Chairman was Geoffrey Richmond who also was the Chairman of Scarborough F.C. Len Casey was Head Coach, and Peter Smith was the captain.

Scarborough played their first competitive game on Sunday 25 August 1991 away to Doncaster in a Yorkshire Cup preliminary round match. Scarborough won 14-10 in front of 1,080 spectators.

Scarborough started the season well and finished ninth in the newly formed fourteen-club Third Division with ten wins and fourteen defeats. See the table below. However, attendances at the McCain Stadium were poor; with only four of their fourteen home matches attracting crowds of over 1,000. In June 1992, it was revealed that they were in debt to the sum of £113,000. Richmond disbanded the club after just one season citing a lack of local interest.

Season 1991/92 Results

August 25th 1991 Away at Doncaster in the Yorkshire Cup

WON 14-10

Tries Tomlinson, Robinson

Goals Pearce 3

Team

1 Ward, 2 Hadi, 3 Lidbury, 4 Stead, 5 Knapper, 6 Pearce, 7 Robinson, 8 Tomlinson, 9 Patrick, 10 Beall, 11 Palmer, 12 Smith, 13 Daniels

14 Carlyle (for 3), 15 Hill (for 13)

September 1st 1991 Home to Huddersfield in the League

LOST 18-22

Tries – Pearce, Lidbury

Goals – Pearce 4, Drop Goals Pearce 2

Team

1 Ward, 2 Hadi, 3 Lidbury, 4 Stead, 5 Knapper, 6 Pearce, 7 Robinson, 8 Tomlinson, 9 Patrick, 10 Hill, 11 Palmer, 12 Beall, 13 Smith

14 Daniels (for 10), 15 Olsen (for 13)

September 8th 1991 Away Nottingham City – League

WON 54-4

Tries – Palmer 3, McCabe 2, Lidbury, Patrick, Hadi, Olsen, Harcombe

Goals – Pearce 7

Team

1 Harcombe, 2 Hadi, 3 Lidbury, 4 McCabe, 5 Stead, 6 Pearce, 7 Robinson, 8 Tomlinson, 9 Patrick, 10 Beall, 11 Palmer, 12 Olsen, 13 Smith

14 Knapper (for 5), 15 Hill (for 13)

September 15th 1991 Away Featherstone – Yorkshire Cup

LOST 30-7

Tries – Stead

Goal – Pearce Drop Goal – Pearce

Team

1 Stead, 2 Hadi, 3 Lidbury, 4 McCabe, 5 Knapper, 6 Pearce, 7 Robinson, 8 Tomlinson, 9 Patrick, 10 Beall, 11 Palmer, 12 Hill, 13 Smith

14 Mirpin (for 2), 15 Fairbank (for 11)

September 22nd 1991 Home Whitehaven – League

WON 16-14

Tries – Pearce, Ward

Goals – Pearce 4

Team

1 Ward, 2 B Clark, 3 Lidbury, 4 Stead, 5 Knapper, 6 Pearce, 7 Robinson, 8 Tomlinson, 9 Patrick, 10 Beall, 11 Hill, 12 Palmer, 13 Smith

15 Fairbank (for 8)

September 29th 1991 Away Trafford Borough – League

WON 34-16

Tries – Ward, G Clark, Beardmore, McCabe, Palmer, Smith

Goals – Carlyle 5

Team

1 Ward, 2 B Clark, 3 Lidbury, 4 McCabe, 5 Stead, 6 Carlyle, 7 Beardmore, 8 Tomlinson, 9 Patrick, 10 Beall, 11 Fairbank, 12 Hill, 13 Smith

14 Pearce (for 7) 15 Palmer (for 8)

October 6th 1991 Home Chorley – League

WON 28-10

Tries – Patrick, G Clark, Hill, Stead, McCabe

Goals – Pearce 4

Team

1 Ward, 2 B Clark, 3 Lidbury, 4 McCabe, 5 Stead, 6 Pearce, 7 Carlyle, 8 Tomlinson, 9 Patrick, 10 Fairbank, 11 Hill, 12 Palmer, 13 Daniels

14 Beall (for 8) 15 Smith (for 13)

October 13th 1991 Away Dewsbury – League

LOST 24-2

Goal – Pearce

Team

1 Ward, 2 G Clark, 3 Lidbury, 4 McCabe, 5 Stead, 6 Pearce, 7 Carlyle, 8 Tomlinson, 9 Patrick, 10 Beall, 11 Palmer, 12 Smith, 13 Hill

14 Fairbank (for 8) 15 Ramshaw (for 11)

October 20th 1991 Home Nottingham City – League

WON 36-10

Tries – Carlyle, G Clark, Fairbank, Tomlinson, Lidbury, Wright

Goals – Carlyle 6

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 McCabe, 4 Stead, 5 Lidbury, 6 Carlyle, 7 Robinson, 8 Tomlinson, 9 Patrick, 10 Fairbank, 11 Hill, 12 Smith, 13 Ramshaw

14 Wright (for 8) 15 Beall (for 11)

October 27th 1991 Away Barrow – League

LOST 11-10

Tries – McCabe, Patrick

Goals – Carlyle

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 McCabe, 4 Lidbury, 5 Stead, 6 Carlyle, 7 Robinson, 8 Fairbank, 9 Patrick, 10 Beall, 11 Lingard, 12 Smith, 13 Ramshaw

14 Wright (for 7) 15 Potts (for 10)

November 3rd 1991 Away Sheffield – Cup

LOST 36-8

Tries – Smith, Patrick

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 D Clark, 4 Lidbury, 5 Stead, 6 Pearce, 7 Carlyle, 8 Fairbank, 9 Patrick, 10 Beall, 11 Lingard, 12 Smith, 13 Ramshaw

14 Wright (for 7) 15 Noble (for 10)

November 7th 1991 Home Keighley – League

WON 38-13

Tries – Carlyle 2, Stead, Rookley, G Clark, Wright, Noble

Goals – Pearce 5

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 D Clark, 4 Wright, 5 Stead, 6 Pearce, 7 Carlyle, 8 Tomlinson, 9 Patrick, 10 Hill, 11 Noble, 12 Smith, 13 Lingard

14 ? 15 Forste (for 13)

November 10th 1991 Away Chorley – League

WON 12-7

Tries – Pearce, Tomlinson

Goals – Pearce 2

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Wright, 4 D Clark, 5 Stead, 6 Pearce, 7 Carlyle, 8 Tomlinson, 9 Patrick, 10 Hill, 11 Noble, 12 Lingard, 13 Smith

14 15 Lidbury (for 8)

December 2nd 1991 – Home Dewsbury – League

LOST 16-17

Tries – Wood 2, D Clark

Goals – Pearce 2

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Carlyle, 4 D Clark, 5 Stead, 6 Pearce, 7 Windley, 8 Fairbank, 9 Patrick, 10 Hill, 11 Noble, 12 Lingard, 13 Wood

14 15 Potts (for 8)

December 8th 1991 – Away Hunslet – League

LOST 14-25

Tries – Carlyle, D Clark, G Clark

Goals – Pearce

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Carlyle, 4 D Clark, 5 Stead, 6 Pearce, 7 Windley, 8 Fairbank, 9 Patrick, 10 Hill, 11 Noble, 12 Lingard, 13 Wood

14 15 Forsyth (for 8)

December 22nd 1991 – Home Doncaster – League

WON 14-6

Tries – Noble, Forsyth

Goals – Pearce 3

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Carlyle, 4 D Clark, 5 Stead, 6 Pearce, 7 Windley, 8 Fairbank, 9 Patrick, 10 Forsyth, 11 Noble, 12 Lingard, 13 Wood

14 15 Booker ( for 10)

December 29th 1991 – Away Huddersfield – League

LOST 9-36

Tries – Rookley

Goals – Carlyle, Pearce

Drop goal – Pearce

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Carlyle, 4 D Clark, 5 Stead, 6 Pearce, 7 Windley, 8 Fairbank, 9 Patrick, 10 Forsyth, 11 Noble, 12 Lingard, 13 Wood

14 Wright (for 6) 15 Booker (for 10)

January 5th 1992 – Away Highfield – League

WON 22-12

Tries – Wood 2, Stead

Goals – Pearce 5

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Carlyle, 4 Pearce, 5 Stead, 6 Wright, 7 Windley, 8 Fairbank, 9 Patrick, 10 Forsyth, 11 Noble, 12 Booker, 13 Hill

14 Wood (for 10), 15 Lingard (for 12)

January 12th 1992 – Home Hunslet – League

LOST 12- 24

Tries – Wood, G Clark

Goals – Pearce, Carlyle

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Carlyle, 4 Pearce, 5 Stead, 6 Robinson, 7 Windley, 8 Noble, 9 Patrick, 10 Hill, 11 Booker, 12 Lingard, 13 Wood

14 Wright (for 4), 15 Forsyth (for 11)

Photo of Booker from the game v Hunslet

January 19th 1992 – Away Bramley – League

LOST 0-47

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Carlyle, 4 Stead, 5 Lidbury, 6 Robinson, 7 Windley, 8 Fairbank, 9 Patrick, 10 Hill, 11 Noble, 12 Booker, 13 Lingard

14 Forsyth (for 9), 15 Rowbottom (for 11)

February 2nd 1992 – Home Bradford Northern – Challenge Cup

LOST 4-52

Tries – Hill

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Carlyle, 4 Stead, 5 Lidbury, 6 Robinson, 7 Windley, 8 Noble, 9 Patrick, 10 Forsyth, 11 Booker, 12 Lingard, 13 Hill

14 Rowbottom (for 10), 15 Daniels (for 11)

February 17th 1992 – Away Keighley – League

LOST 16-18

Tries – Lidbury, Stead, Douglas

Goals – Carlyle 2

Team

1 Rookley, 2 Hadi, 3 Carlyle, 4 Stead, 5 Lidbury, 6 Robinson, 7 Windley, 8 Van Bellen, 9 Patrick, 10 Noble, 11 Booker, 12 Lingard, 13 Hill

14 Rowbottom (for 8), 15 Douglas (for 11)

February 23rd 1992 – Home Batley – League

LOST 14-32

Tries – G Clark, Stead, Wright

Goals – Rookley

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Carlyle, 4 Stead, 5 Lidbury, 6 Robinson, 7 Moules, 8 Van Bellen, 9 Forsyth, 10 Fairbank, 11 Booker, 12 Douglas, 13 Lingard

14 Wright (for 3), 15 Noble (for 11)

March 1st 1992 – Home Trafford Borough – League

WON 48-22

Tries – Knapper 3, G Clark 2, Rookley, Lingard, Stead, Wright, Booker

Goals – Knapper 4

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Knapper, 4 Stead, 5 Hadi, 6 Wright, 7 Moules, 8 Van Bellen, 9 Hill, 10 Douglas, 11 Noble, 12 Booker, 13 Lingard

14 Robinson (for 5), 15 Fairbank (for 10)

March 8th 1992 – Away Batley – League

LOST 18-36

Tries – Hadi 2, Stead

Goals – Knapper 3

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Knapper, 4 Stead, 5 Hadi, 6 Wright, 7 Moules, 8 Van Bellen, 9 Forsyth, 10 Fairbank, 11 Noble, 12 Booker, 13 Lingard

14 Robinson (for 4), 15 Rowbottom (for 10)

March 16th 1992 – Home Bramley – League

LOST 14-29

Tries – Rookley, Potts

Goals – Knapper 3

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Knapper, 4 Stead, 5 Hadi, 6 Wright, 7 Robinson, 8 Van Bellen, 9 Hill, 10 Fairbank, 11 Noble, 12 Douglas, 13 Lingard

14 Forsyth (for 2), 15 Potts (for 8)

March 22nd 1992 – Away Whitehaven – League

LOST 10-12

Tries – Knapper, Rookley

Goals – Knapper

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Knapper, 4 Stead, 5 Hadi, 6 Wright, 7 Robinson, 8 Van Bellen, 9 Hill, 10 Fairbank, 11 Noble, 12 Daniels, 13 Lingard

14 Potts (for 8), 15 Forsyth (for 13)

March 29th 1992 – Away Doncaster – League

LOST 2-10

Goals – Knapper

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Wright, 4 Stead, 5 Knapper, 6 Robinson, 7 Moules, 8 Van Bellen, 9 Forsyth, 10 Fairbank, 11 Booker, 12 Douglas, 13 Lingard

14 Potts (for 8), 15 Hill (for 9)

April 12th 1992 – Home Highfield – League

LOST 14-18

Tries – G Clark, Taylor, Potts

Goals – Rookley

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Taylor, 4 Stead, 5 Hadi, 6 Wright, 7 Moules, 8 Van Bellen, 9 Forsyth, 10 Fairbank, 11 Booker, 12 Branton, 13 Lingard

14 Robinson (for 6), 15 Potts (for 8)

April 17th 1992 – Home Barrow – League

LOST 12-24

Tries – G Clark, Taylor

Goals -= Rookley 2

Team

1 Rookley, 2 G Clark, 3 Taylor, 4 Stead, 5 Hadi, 6 Wright, 7 Moules, 8 Van Bellen, 9 Forsyth, 10 Fairbank, 11 Daniels, 12 Branton, 13 Lingard

14 Potts (for 10), 15 Robinson (for 11)

So after 26 games Scarborough finished the season in 9th place with 20 points. They had won 10 games and lost 16 scoring 483 points and conceding 499, see the full table below

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